Its Latin name, Bellis perennis, means "always beautiful"! A member of the Asteraceae family, the daisy heralds the arrival of spring and symbolizes love and affection. Ideal for beginners, it's easy to grow and promises long, generous flowering.
Find out everything you need to know to sow, grow and enjoy this essential garden plant 🌱
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Growing daisies
Ideal for beginners, this hardy plant is easy to grow. It is much appreciated for its abundant flowering.
Sowing, planting, harvesting
Native to Europe, the daisy is easy to grow in pots or in the ground!
- Sow in spring or summer.
- Plant in spring or autumn.
- Flowering lasts from March to November.
How do you water it?
This plant doesn't need much watering, especially once well established. In the open ground, rain is enough. In pots, water after planting or in case of severe drought.
Display: how to place it in the garden?
This plant prefers sun or part shade.
A self-fertilizing vegetable garden for growing and composting in a small space
Easy & Odorless
Handcrafted in Portugal
Design
Compact
Modular
2x more harvests than in pots
Cooking daisies
An edible plant
Daisy flowers, leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves have a slightly peppery, bitter taste. The flowers are sweeter.
Flower buds can even be candied in vinegar like capers.
Its benefits
Daisies have many medicinal properties. It is known for its anti-inflammatory, digestive, diuretic, expectorant and healing effects.
- Expectorant: Helps clear the respiratory tract when coughing or suffering from bronchitis.
- Diuretic: Helps eliminate toxins.
- Digestive: Stimulates digestion.
- Anti-inflammatory: relieves joint and muscle pain,
- Healing: accelerates healing of small wounds.
It is available as an infusion, oily macerate, mother tincture or poultice.
Our recipe: daisy oil macerate
The oily macerate is ideal for moisturizing and soothing the skin, or massaging aching muscles.
Ingredients:
- Fresh or dried daisy flowers (about 1/2 jar) 🌸
- Vegetable oil (organic sweet almond, jojoba, olive or sunflower)
- Clean, dry glass jar 🫙
- A warm, bright place ☀️
Recipe:
1️⃣ Harvesting and drying flowers
- Pick daisies (avoid roadsides).
- Spread them out on a clean cloth.
- Leave to dry for a few days in a dry, well-ventilated place.
2️⃣ Preparing the macerate
- Fill half your jar with the dried flowers.
- Cover completely with vegetable oil.
- Close the jar and shake gently to impregnate the flowers.
3️⃣ Macerate
- Place the jar in a warm, bright spot, but not in direct sunlight.
- Leave to macerate for 4-6 weeks, stirring the jar every 2-3 days.
4️⃣ Filter and store
- Filter the oil through a fine sieve.
- Transfer the oil into a clean bottle, preferably dark glass (for better conservation).
⏳ S helf life: approximately 6 months to 1 year in a cool, dark place.
Did you know?
This little flower has an astonishing ability: it closes at night and in bad weather to protect its heart from the elements. This phenomenon is called nyctinastia.
